Articles & outsights
Embracing Discomfort: Unveiling Growth Opportunities in Team Coaching
Often, when working as team coaches, we get a unique vantage point to uncover underlying challenges within a team’s system, and the resulting discomfort is often tangible for both us coaches and for the team members.
How professional coaching differs from other practices
The feedback we have received highlights the importance of understanding how professional coaching differs from other practices labeled as coaching, and above all, invites reflection on the professional reality, in the sense that it is possible to find alternatives for individual and team situations, even when we think we do not have them.
Coaching, Professional Coaching or Psychotherapy?
From what I read and hear in some opinion articles and humorous pieces about coaching and the type of methodology used in these processes, I conclude that the authors look at this reality in a generalized way and with little depth of analysis and information.
The polarization that is forming around the topic seems unproductive to me, as it is more anchored in personal beliefs—often inflamed—than in reflection on broad and credible sources of information.
Our land - an exercise to understand and value what sets us apart
With the world in turmoil and conflict, and the profound suffering that so many people endure, we feel that it is even more important to celebrate the hope that a new year can bring. This hope can be born when we understand and value what sets us apart.
Last week, in our year-end reflection, we engaged in an exercise that can aid in this journey (which we also use in Team Coaching).
Top Team offsites: our learning with a client
We asked ourselves: What can we share from our work that might be helpful for our community? Here's one answer.
In preparation for one of the Top Team offsites we facilitated this quarter, we uncovered an important issue that was hindering the team's ability to establish stronger cohesion and trust, crucial for shaping their shared future.
Galp Leader Talk Show - Trust
Joana Domingues participated in the Galp Leader Talk Show, at the invitation of Tiago Forjaz, to discuss Trust.
Watch the "Best Of" video of the Galp Leader Talk Show dedicated to the theme of "Trust," which also featured Pedro do Carmo Costa, Rear Admiral António Gameiro Marques, Marta Cruz Almeida, and several internal leaders from Galp
Mental Health and Art
Mental health has been a big concern to all of us. Statistics in the news confirm it, but in our daily lives as coaches, we can see the toll the pandemic is taking on all of us: exhaustion, feeling overwhelmed, depression, anxiety…
Retention in a Changing World - Additional Reflections
We believe there is another reflection to be made about the psychological, emotional and group implications of new governance models that have been experimented with. The complex and ambiguous challenges that many companies face have led to the experimentation and adoption of management modalities that revolve around shared responsibilities and collective decision-making.
Retention in a Changing World
Recently, clients from more technologically advanced sectors have brought a new concern to our discussions: companies from other countries have started hiring some of their employees with critical know-how. According to these clients, the pandemic has accelerated the realization that various activities can be performed without the need for physical presence or proximity to the office.
Four Years Into a Self-Managed Team
On the brink of turning fifty and after almost thirty years of working for different organizations, I decided to join two colleagues (we are now four and growing) and long-time friends and we started a joint coaching practice.
An insightful experience with an executive coaching client: 4 ingredients
As a team, we have thousands of hours of individual executive coaching over decades and in dozens of organisations. One of the experiences we are experiencing now stands out for its positive nature. After hearing the enthusiasm of the CEO and HRD for the important evolutions they observed in the coachees at the start of the coaching engagement , we asked ourselves what would explain this success.
Leadership in 2021? A point of view is the view from a point.
The newspaper “O Observador” published my viewpoint on the value and difficulties of truly listening to those who see things differently than we do. It is very challenging to condense such a large and meaningful topic into so few words. I am very grateful to my trusted advisors who read my successive previous versions and explained to me that they didn't understand much of what I had written. I have gained a lot of respect for those who publish every week!
A special reference to Hélia Jorge, from whom I heard the expression "A point of view is the view from a point."
Link to original publication in portuguese.
Our stories from 2020
Every year each team faces ups and downs, and 2020 was no different. Maybe this year we felt those ups and downs more strongly, following the peaks of the famous curve that suddenly became part of our daily life.
How showing vulnerability helps build a stronger team: exactly when it's harder
Every time I do it, it’s magical. And yet, I refrain. After all, I’ve spent a life showing myself strong and helpful, capable of dealing with anything you throw at me, and with composure and a smile (without asking for help). Isn’t that the definition of “very professional”? Well... it surely has its merits, and I’ve found it’s also a recipe for my exhaustion.
Reframing how we think about networking...yes, during COVID times
When working with clients in different settings - team coaching assignments, coaching executives, leading workshops for Master and MBA students, and leadership development programs -, we often land on the “networking” topic.
Peer Learning Groups - the full power of a small group of humans solving problems together
Craving for deeper peer learning through the turbulence... safely away from the spotlight?
At outsight, we have been gathering a group of 6 experienced People Leaders - HR Directors / VPs of People -, in confidence. With no pressure to “perform” nor impress.